Al-Kafi 10332

Translation

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Fazzal, from Al Hakam Bin Miskeen, from Is’haq Bin Ammar, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah^asws having said: ‘There used to be a king among the Children of Israel, and he had a judge of his, and for the judge there was a brother who was a truthful man who had a wife who had given birth to Prophets^as. The king wanted to send a man somewhere for a need, so he said to the judge, ‘Find me a reliable man’. So he said, ‘I do not know anyone more reliable than my brother’. So he called for him in order to send him, but the man disliked that and said to his brother, ‘I dislike it that I should be away from my wife’, and he was determined upon it. But, he could not find (a way out) from the going out and it was inevitable. So he said to his brother, ‘O my brother! I am not leaving behind anything more worrying upon me than my wife, therefore stay behind for her and govern her affairs with the fulfilment of her needs’. He said, ‘Yes’. So the man went out, and the wife had disliked his going out. So the judge used to go over to her and ask her about her needs, and would stand by for her. He became fascinated with her, so he invited her to himself, but she refused upon it. So he swore upon her, ‘If you were not to do it, I would inform the king that you have been immoral’. So she said, ‘Do whatever you like, for I will not respond to you with anything from what you are seeking’. So he went over to the king and said, ‘The wife of my brother has been immoral, and that is a right with me’. So the king said to him, ‘Purify her’. So he went over to her and said, ‘The king has ordered me with stoning you, so what are you saying, respond to me or else I shall stone you’. So she said, ‘I will not respond to you, so do whatever is a must for you’. So he brought her out, and had a pit dug out for her. So he stoned her and with him were the people. So when he thought that she had died, they left her and dispersed. Then night came upon her, and there was still some breath with her. So she moved and came out from the pit. Then she walked over to her direction until she came out from the city, and she ended up to a monastery wherein was a monk. So she slept upon a door of the monastery. So when it was the morning, the monk opened the door and saw her. So he asked her about her story, and she informed him. So he pitied her and entered her into the monastery, and he had a young son and he did not have a son apart from him, and he was of a good state. So he treated her until she was cured from her injuries and was healed. Then he handed over his son to her. So she used to look after him, and there was a manager who used to stand with his matters. So he was fascinated with her and invited her to himself, but she refused. So he struggled with it, but she still refused. So he said, ‘If you do not do it, I shall strive to kill you’. So she said, ‘Do whatever you have to’. So he deliberated to the young boy and cut off his neck, and went over to the monk and said to him, ‘You helped an immoral woman who had committed immorality, and you handed over your son to her, and she killed him’. So the monk came over, and when he saw her, said to her, ‘What is this? And you know what I have done for you’. So she informed him with the story. So he said to her, ‘I am not happy with myself that you should be with me, therefore get out’. So he threw her out at night and handed over twenty Dirhams to her and said to her, ‘Allah^azwj will Increase this to suffice for you’. So she went out at night and in the morning she was in a town wherein was a crucified man upon a wooden crucifix and he was still alive. So she asked about his story, and they said, ‘Upon him is a debt of twenty Dirhams, and the one upon whom was a debt, with us, his companion can have him crucified until he pays it to his companions’. So she brought out twenty Dirham and handed these over to his creditor and she said, ‘Do not kill him’. So they brought him down from the wooden crucifix. So he said to her, ‘There is no one greater to me than you. You rescued me from the crucifix and from the death. Therefore, I will be with you wherever you go to’. So he went with her, and she went until they both ended up to a coast of the sea. He saw a group of people and a ship, so he said to her, ‘Sit here until I go and do some work for them and get some food and come with it to you’. So he went over to them and said to them, ‘What is in this ship of yours?’ They said, ‘In this is merchandise, and jewels, and amber, and things for the trading, and as for this (ship), so we (sail) in it’. He said, ‘And how much would it reach to, what is in your ship?’ They said, ‘A lot, we cannot count it’. He said, ‘But, with me is something which is better than what is in your ship’. They said, ‘And what is with you?’ He said, ‘A slave girl the likes of whom you have not seen at all’. They said, ‘So sell her to us’. So he said, ‘Yes, upon a stipulation that one of you should go and look at her, then he would come to me and buy her, and not let her know, and hand over the price to me, and not let her know until I go away’. So they said, ‘That is for you’. So they sent someone to look at her, and he said, ‘I have not seen anyone like her at all’. So they bought her from him with ten thousand Dirhams and handed the Dirhams over to him. So he went away with them. So when he was at a distance, they came over to her and they said to her, ‘Stand up and enter the ship’. She said, ‘And why?’ They said, ‘We have bought you from your master’. She said, ‘He is not with my mastership!’ They said, ‘Either you stand up or we will carry you’. So she arose and went with them. So when they ended up to the coast, they did not trust each other over her, so they made her to be in the ship wherein were the gems, and the merchandise, and they themselves sailed in the other ship, and they pushed it. Allah^azwj Mighty and Majestic Sent winds upon them which drowned them and their ship, and the ship which she was in was saved, until she ended up to an island from the islands of the sea, and she tied the ship and circled around in the island. So there was water therein, and trees wherein was fruit. So she said, ‘This water I shall drink, and the fruits I shall eat from, and I will worship Allah^azwj in this place’. So Allah^azwj Mighty and Majestic Revealed unto a Prophet^as from the Prophets^as of the Children of Israel, that he^as should go to that king and he^as should be saying: ‘In an island from the islands of the sea there is a creature from My^azwj creatures. Therefore, you and the ones in your kingdom should go out until they come over to this creature of Mine^azwj, and they should confess to it with their sins. Then they should ask that creature that it should seek Forgiveness for you all. So if she were to seek Forgiveness for you, I^azwj shall Forgive you’. So the king went out along with the people of his kingdom to that island, and they saw that woman, So the king proceeded to her and said to her, ‘This judge of mine came over to me and informed me that a wife of his brother had been immoral, so I ordered him with having her stoned, although he had not established the proof in my presence. Thus, I fear that I may have proceeded upon what is not Permissible for me, therefore I would love it if you were to seek Forgiveness for me’. So she said, ‘Allah^azwj has Forgiven you. Be seated’. Then her husband came over, and he did not recognise her, so he said, ‘There used to me a wife for me, and she was from the meritorious ones and righteous ones, and I went out from her and she disliked that. So I left my brother in charge over her. So when I came back, I asked about her, and my brother informed me that she had been immoral, and so she was stoned, and I fear that I may have lost her. So please seek Forgiveness for me’. So she said, ‘Allah^azwj has Forgiven you. Be seated’. So she made him to be seated next to the king, then the judge came over, so he said, ‘There used to be a wife of my brother, and she had astounded me, and I invited her to the immorality, but she refused. So I let the king know that she had been immoral and he ordered me with having her stoned, so I stoned her; and I had lied against her, therefore seek Forgiveness for me’. She said, ‘Allah^azwj has Forgiven you’. Then she turned towards her husband and she said, ‘Listen’. Then the monk proceeded and related her story and said, ‘I threw her out at night and I fear that she may have come across predators who mighty have killed her’. So she said, ‘Allah^azwj has Forgiven you. Be seated’. Then the manager proceeded and related his story. So she said to the monk, ‘Listen, Allah^azwj has Forgiven you’. Then the crucified one proceeded and related his story. So she said, ‘Allah^azwj will not Forgive you’. Then she turned towards her husband, so she said, ‘I am your wife, and everything which you have heard, so it is my story, and there is no need for me with regards the men, and I would love it if you would take this ship and whatever is therein, and free my way, so I can worship Allah^azwj Mighty and Majestic in this island, for you have seen what I have faced from the men’. So he did it and took the ship and whatever was therein, and freed her way; and the king and the people of his kingdom left’.

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